Richard of Cornwall Earl of Cornwall 
Richard of Cornwall was born in Winchester Castle, Hampshire.1 Richard of Cornwall's father was John Lackland Plantagenet King of England and his mother was Isabella de Angoulême Taillefer. His paternal grandparents were Henry II Plantagenet de Anjou King of England and Eleanor de Aquitaine Dss de Aquitaine; his maternal grandparents were Aymer Taillefer de Valence Ct de Angoulême and Alice de Courtenay. He had a brother named Henry III Plantagenet. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Richard FitzJohn of Dover, Hugh de Lusignan, Joanna and Alice. He died on April 2nd, 1272 in Berkhamsetad Castle, Hertfordshire. He was buried in Interred: Hayles Abbey, Gloucestershire. Created Count of Poitou in 1225..1 1 General Notes
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Cause of Death:<CAUS> Apoplectic siezure.
Custom Field:<_FA#> Intelligent, pra gmatic, had business acumen, a lack of rancor.@@S005953@@@@S005967@@Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996
Custom Field:<_FA#> Not popular w/ the people as these qualities were unusual in a Lord.@@S005953@@@@S005 967@@Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996
Cust om Field:<_FA#> Known for his studied, analytical & shrewd competence.@@S005953@@ @@S005967@@Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996
Custom Field:<_FA#> Abt. 1246Pope oferred him Kingdom of Sicily, but Frederick held it.@@S005953@@@@S005967@@Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Im port: 18 Jul 1996
Custom Field:<_FA#> May 1252Spoke for non-censure of Simon d e Montfort at latter's Gascony trial.@@S005953@@@@S005967@@Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, E d. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996
Custom Field:<_FA#> Apr 1258Sent 50 ships of grain from Germany to help alleviate famine in London.@@S005953@@@@S0 05967@@Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996
Cu stom Field:<_FA#> 23 Apr 1260Peacemaker between Henry & Prince Edward, Henry's son.@@S005953@@@@S005967@@Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996
Custom Field:<_FA#> May 1262Arbiter between Henry & the barons, f inds in favor of Henry.@@S005953@@@@S005967@@Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #19 90, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996
Custom Field:<_FA#> 13 Jan 1256/57Elected King of the Romans and King of Germany (Almaine).@@S005856@@King of the Romans, no da te@@S005864@@p 3King of the Romans, no date@@S005896@@p 68@@S005967@@Brøderbund WFT V ol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996
Custom Field:<_FA#> Mar 1270/71Never got over the murder of his son Henry by his Montfort nephews.@@S005 967@@Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996
Cust om Field:<_FA#> Earl of Cornwall 30 May 1227. Renounced the County of Poitou ca Dec 1243.@@S005896@@p 67@@S005967@@Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1990, Date of Import: 18 Jul 1996
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Weir says died Berkhampstead Ca stle & buried Hayles Abbey.
REF: "Falls the Shadow" Sharon Kay Penman: During Simon de Montfort's
barons war, March 31, 1264 Londoners riot (London was ve ry pro de
Montfort), burn townhouses of the hated William de Lusignan, also
prominent Royalist Lord Philip Basset, also Richard of Cornwall's
Westminste r manor, & his beloved Isleworth manor 7 miles away. Richard
overnight goes from trying to mediate a solution to, like Edward,
ardently desiring a battle field confrontation.
Richard was not popular with his brother Henry III's subj ects as he was
intelligent, pragmatic, had business acumen, & a lack of ranco r; these
qualities were disdained in favor of reckless courage, battlefield
prowess, & open-handed generosity, which was expected of Lords. Richard's
co urage was never suspect; but he was not an innovative nor brilliant
military commander. At Battle of Lewes on 14 May 1264, Richard commanded
the left flan k of the Royalist forces. After Prince Edward left the
battle to pursue with unwholesome savagery the rebel Londoner flank of
Montfort's forces, Montfort , keeping a reserve force (a tactic unheard
of) came in & attacked Henry & ob literated his force; Henry fleed to the
priory. Gilbert de Clare's center co lumn forces met Richard's & took the
day. Richard with his son Edmund fled i nto a windmill. When de Clare's
forces captured the, they jeered "come out k ing of the millers". John
Giffard's squire was the one who officially accepte d Richard's royal
surrender, adding to Richard's discomposure (that he had su rrendered to a
squire rather than a knight). Upon his presentation to Simon de
Montfort, Simon made the lad, John Befs of Tewkesbury, a knight.
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- b.1043 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1106
- b.1092 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Plains of Acre, Palestine
- b.1059 in Montfort l' Amauri, Isle de France, France d.14 FEB 1116/17 in Fontrevault, France
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau-du-Loir, Eure-et-Loire, France
- b.1060 d.11 Jul 1110
- b.1096 in Mans, France d.BET. 1120 - 1129
- b.1055 in of Chateau, Eure-et-Loire, France d.1099
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube (near Rouen), France
- b.~Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis-le-Fermont, Forest of Angers, near Rouen, Normandy
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.05 Aug 1102 in Winchester, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy
- b.1031 in of Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, England
- b.Oct 1079 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster Palace, London, England
- b.BET. 1043 - 1045 in Wessex, England or Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Beaumont Palace, Oxford, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Lincolnshire
- b.~ 1026 in Aquitaine, France d.25 Sep 1086
- b.22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.10 FEB 1126/27
- b.1050 d.> 1120
- b.1099 in St. Jacques Compostelle, Aquitaine, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Galicia, Spain
- b.1040 in of Toulouse, Aquitaine d.1094 in Battle of Huesca
- b.1073 in Toulouse, France d.28 Nov 1117
- b.1058 in Mortaigne, S-Mnch, France d.> 1080
- b.1123 in Chateau de Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine d.01 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1050 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.1092
- b.1075 in Chastellerault, Vienne, France d.1136
- b.1054 in of Thouars, Deux-Sevres, France d.1093
- b.1103 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France or Aquitaine, France d.MAR 1129/30 in Talmont, France
- b.1049 in of Isle Bouchard, France d.> 1097
- b.1079 in of Isle Bouchard, France d.> 1119
- b.1053 in of Isle Bouchard, France
- b.5 JAN 1208/09 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire d.02 Apr 1272 in Berkhamsetad Castle, Hertfordshire
- b.1065 in of Angoulême, Aquitaine d.06 Apr 1118 in France
- b.1089 in of Angoulême, Aquitaine d.16 Nov 1140 in Bouteville, France
- b.1066 in Benauges, France
- b.~ 1134 in Angoulême, Aquitaine d.07 Aug 1178 in Messina, Sicily, Italy
- b.1054 in of Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales d.1123 in Charroux, France
- b.~ 1109 in LaMarche, Normandy
- b.~ 1070 in LaMarche, Normandy d.1116
- b.1160 in Angoulême, Charente, France d.16 Jun 1202 in Limoges, France
- b.~ 1050 d.1091 in Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.~ 1080 in France d.~ 1137
- b.~ 1055 d.1103
- b.1117 in France d.> 1201
- b.~ 1033 in of Perche, Normandy d.Oct 1100
- b.BET. 1100 - 1105 in of Perche, Normandy d.18 May 1143
- b.1051 in of Montdidier, France d.> 1129
- b.1188 in Angoulême, Charente, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault L'Abbe, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.1052 d.29 Jul 1108 in Meulan, France
- b.BET. 1077 - 1081 in Paris, Seine, France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau Bethizy, Paris, Seine, France
- b.1054 in of Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands d.1093 in Montreuil-sur-Mer
- b.~ 1125 in Montargis, France d.10 Apr 1183 in Palestine
- b.1062 in Maurienne, France d.17 Oct 1103
- b.1092 in Savoie, France d.18 Nov 1154
- b.~ 1070 in of Bourgogne, France d.> 1133
- b.1160 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.1218 in France
- b.1069 in Courtenay, Loriet, France d.1127 in France
- b.1100 in of Courtenay, Loiret, France d.1194 in France
- b.1073 in Nevers, Nievre, France d.BET. 1095 - 1100 in France
- b.~ 1127 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.14 Sep 1205 in Sutton, Berkshire, England
- b.1085 in of Yerre, France d.> 1138 in Corbeil, France
- b.1113 in Courtenay, Loiret, France d.> 1158
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Details of Richard of Cornwall's family with Isabella Marshal
Details of Richard of Cornwall's family with Jeanne (de Valletort)
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